What can we say?  We totally got suckered into taking a sunset cruise on Boracay, and it was…AMAZING!  Sailing on one of the iconic Boracay boats is definitely the touristy thing to do, so there was no avoiding the hawkers on the beach trying to collect as much money as possible for the first beautiful […]

This one was never on our list of things to do While We’re Alive, but it should have been!  To be honest, we really had no idea this was something we would even want to do until Thomas started obsessing over it after booking a trip to Los Cabos, Mexico.  For some strange reason, he […]

Have you ever wanted to climb a palm tree on a tropical island in the Philippines?  Or, how about anywhere else in the world for that matter?  Well, today is your lucky day because we’ve broken down the process of climbing a palm tree into 5 simple steps. Step 1:  Find the perfect tree. Unless […]

Here it is.  Video number three of our More fun in the Philippines series.  This one was shot with the GoPro Hero 3 while diving at Balicasag, just a short boat ride off Panglao Island.  It had been four years since we last dove (Read: We’re Divers Again!!), but after this dive, we’re absolutely hooked again. […]

This past weekend we were at Seattle’s Central Library attending National Geographic’s Mastering Travel Photography seminar.  After 6 hours of listening to two of Nat Geo’s best travel photographers (Ralph Lee Hopkins and Bob Krist), we came back with a wealth of information.  Here’s a list of the top 5 things we learned or confirmed […]